Woman, 76, found dead on Wauwinet beach after swim

(July 10, 2018) A 76-year-old woman who told her husband she was going to swim to shore from their sailboat was found dead on a Wauwinet beach Monday evening, police said.

Nantucket deputy police chief Charles Gibson said Jane Phillips, of Concord, Mass. and a long-time Wauwinet summer resident, was sailing with her husband and a companion in the Head of the Harbor Monday evening when she said she wanted to swim to shore.

She was discovered on the beach around 7 p.m. Police responded and the incident is under investigation, Gibson said.

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